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Isn't there a £5m loan fee or similar?

Been a shocking game.

Very funny.

People pretending Stuttgart aren't a big club?

He's not but he plays off the right. Would essentially be the McAteer replacement. Shouldn't be anywhere near the list of priorities.

I've said this since day one. Adds nothing. The referee in the VAR room is perfectly qualified to stop the game from Stockley Park and tell the on-field referee that he's made a big error.

Insanity, what is going on!?!

How do you justify that not being a handball from Pedro then?

Watch them give this

Marco Silva is really unlikeable but he does have a point.

He's the business really. Need to be very careful with him. Quite happy with him coming off the bench for now.

Not a foul for me. Sort of thing that winds fans off. Goals being ruled out for a 50/50 accidental foul in the middle of the pitch. The referee describing it as a "careless challenge" just sums up how far removed the PGMOL is from the sport.

I just think Marti will prefer to play a higher line and you simply cannot do that with Vestergaard.

Funny old game isnt it. I thought our midfield was very poor again. That said, my confidence in Marti has gone up a lot. I thought he managed the game brilliantly.

The long term back 4 IMO will be Ricardo, Okoli, Nelson and Thomas. Do wish we could get a left back thats genuinely good on the ball and going forward but I cant' see it.

I think we'd have all taken 9 points from the first 4 if offered. Back to back clean sheets after the PNE shambles reflects well on Marti IMO. Even if they're both against newly promoted teams.

No, but the world cup squad adds Bellingham, Palmer, Saka, Alexander-Arnold and Foden. That's 5 world class footballers.

Started the season very well for Spurs but it's extremely telling that all you need to do to get an England cap these days is play for a Big 6 club and play well twice.

Jakub - 6 - Didn't have much to do, really. Made one good save and flapped at one cross. Thought his passing was good though, other than his longer range passes out to the wingers which always went out of play. Hamza - 7 - Was having a great game until he got booked for a stupid tackle. After that he went into his shell. Okoli - 6 - Thought he did well without doing anything too impressive. His passes down the line were awful though. Vestergaard - 6 - Pretty much the same as Okoli. Thomas - 6 - Pretty straightforward game, neither winger for Birmingham had a good game. Soumare - 5 - Sick of seeing him only play the way he's facing because he's clearly got it in him to play on the half turn and drive the team forward. Skipp - 4 - Does the square root of **** all, every game. Page - 5 - Nice pass for the goal but otherwise looked like a child in an adults game. Not sure he's a real number 10. See him maybe as a bit more of an 8. Mavidid - 3 - Totally anonymous. Better getting on the ball and driving at defenders. Not sure this system suits him. Fatawu - 7 - Great finish for the goal and looked like he'd be our most potent threat going forward without much coming off for him. Ayew - 6 - I thought that was his best game for us down the middle. Still miles off it mind. Daka - 5 - Did a job and pushed their team back when they were causing us one or two issues. He's just such a poor footballer though. Monga - 6 - Really quiet until the moment of magic for the cross. Ricardo - 7 - Just so clearly our best player. Really need him to be fit and playing regularly. Faes - N/A

Small time behaviour.

Anyone booing Gray is a proper loser by the way.

Watkins is too good to stay out of form. He'll be firing soon and Villa will look alright again but I do think they've got a bit of potential to slide a bit though. I'd be worried they've not bought in much if I was a Villa fan. Only a couple of bench players brought in so far. I think they could have done with selling a key player and reinvesting in a bit more youth to brighten their team up. I look at their squad and it's only really Morgan Rogers who would go for mega dough. You fancy their team will look very similar to how it did probably a couple of years ago which I don't think is ever healthy for a club. Very similar situation to ours when we eventually ****ed it. Be interesting to see how they avoid that.

"Peter O'Rourke are eyeing a move for Peter O'Rourke playmaker Peter O'Rourke #Peter #ORourke"

Pete O'Rourke choosing who to tweet about next from his fishbowl full of names of random Championship footballers.

and he doesn't even do that very often.